title: Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration of an intravascular sarcoma metastasis.
abstract: The role of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in the diagnosis of endovascular lesions has rarely been described. We report a case of EBUS-TBNA of a solid mass in the left pulmonary artery in a patient with synovial sarcoma of the kidney, which was performed without complications and led to the diagnosis of metastatic disease. EBUS-TBNA seems to be a rapid, minimally invasive, safe and effective diagnostic procedure in selected cases of endovascular lesions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pneumology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dusemund
authors.forename: Tino
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zeisel
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rothermundt
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kluckert
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: Martin H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Brutsche
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy; D061765:Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D013584:Sarcoma, Synovial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary